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1938 Rolls-Royce 25/30 Limousine by Thrupp for sale

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For sale by auction on Saturday 31 August 2013 with Historics at Brooklands. Brooklands Motor Racing Circuit. Weybridge. Surrey. Call 01753 639170The Rolls-Royce 25/30 built between 1936 and 1938 is an updatedversion of the 20/25 with larger engine to provide more power for the over-large bodieshad been fitted to the earlier model leading to complaints aboutits performance. The in-line six cylinder. overhead valve. engineis similar to that used in the 20/25 but increased in capacity to4. 57cc. A single proprietary Stromberg downdraught carburettorreplaced the Rolls-Royce one and magneto ignition was no longerfitted but a spare ignition coil was provided. The riveted chassishas rigid front and rear axles suspended by half elliptic springswith hydraulic dampers. Braking is on all four wheels assisted by amechanical servo with separate rear brakes are fitted for thehandbrake. The traditional Rolls-Royce radiator with verticallouvers. the angle of which is controlled thermostatically tocontrol engine cooling. Only the chassis and mechanical parts weremade by Rolls-Royce. The body was then made and fitted by acoachbuilder selected by the owner.

On offer is this pretty Rolls-Royce 25/30 six-lightlimousine by the renowned coachbuilders Thrupp &amp; Maberly. It has been properly looked after and maintained throughout itslife covering less than 1. 00 miles a year for the last fortyyears. The vendor purchased this car about eight years ago shortlyafter the engine had been rebuilt and the con rods replaced withthe stronger. later Bentley Mk. VI type which used shell bearingsin place of the white metal type. He then overhauled the gearboxand rear axle making the car run and drive excellently. Painted inmid-blue with black wings. the interior is finished in blackleather to the front compartment with fawn 'West of England' clothto the rear and comes supplied with a V5C registration document. anew MoT test certificate. a green 'buff' log book. a file ofinvoices and information regarding the overhauls and old MoT testcertificates going back to 1973 confirming the car usage over thelast forty years. A very useable example of one of these rare. br/>pre-war Rolls-Royce motorcars.